How democratic is the American Constitution? /

How democratic is the American Constitution? /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dahl, Robert A., 1915-2014
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2003.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics.
Yale Nota bene.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution.
Constitutional law > United States.
Constitutional history > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Grondwetten.
Democratie.
Droit constitutionnel > États-Unis.
Démocratie > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Histoire constitutionnelle.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: fundamental questions
  • What the framers couldn't know
  • The Constitution as a model: an American illusion
  • Electing the president
  • How well does the constitutional system perform?
  • Why not a more democratic constitution?
  • Some reflections on the prospects for a more democratic constitution
  • Further reflections: changing the unwritten constitution
  • Appendix A: on the terms "democracy" and "republic"
  • Appendix B: tables and figures.